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...parents/grandparents/Ronald Reagan saved Europe from Nazis/Communists/boy bands. This tactic is especially useful against the French, whose military motto before 1940 was, "The best defense is 237 official varieties of cheese." But here in Spain the fascists ruled until 1975 and 'N Sync is huge, so they pretty much owe us nothing. No matter--after a few days of genuine concern, I've now entered the dreaded Stage Three...
...April 15, you have to settle with Uncle Sam on what you owe the government. The census form is your way of telling the government what they should give back to your community," says Steven E. Clinkenbeard, manager of the district census office...
...actress, Maryna Zalezowska, abandons the stage and sets off, with a small entourage of admirers in tow, to found a vaguely utopian community in Southern California. No one understands why the acclaimed diva has decided on this strange mission, and she chooses not to enlighten them: "I don't owe anyone an explanation." The experiment, set up on 47 acres near the village of Anaheim, soon convinces the 14 emigres involved that successful farming and the contemplative life are incompatible. Leaving her husband behind to settle the debts, Zalezowska goes to San Francisco, polishes up her English and makes...
WHAT'S MONEY AMONG FRIENDS? Nothing's harder than asking friends for money they owe you. Now two websites can help. Both paypal.com and payme.com let you request the cash and conduct the transaction entirely online. With Payme, launched last week, you first register at the site with your bank account or credit-card number. Then you e-mail your deadbeat friends, asking them to enter their credit-card numbers on the Payme site. With Paypal, both parties must register at the site, which will deposit the money into your bank, mail you a check or leave the money...
...Connecticut. As he leaves the table, he tips Tony heavily and also gives $25 to everyone playing at the table, including me. This sort of camaraderie is one of the other moderately decent things about the Connecticut gaming experience. Everyone feels bad for everyone else. The dealers who owe their lot in life to the casinos clearly feel bad for the players too. What doubtless keeps them from seeing the gaming public as a mass of self-defeating trash is that many of them play the same games they deal on their own free time. When asked if she ever...